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The Hart-rudman Commission And The Homeland Defense
The American public and its leaders are paying increasing attention to the issue of homeland defense. With the exception of attacks by ballistic missiles, the continental United …
Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
The mission of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to promote innovation and the competitiveness of U.S. …
Higher Order Operational Techniques in Semantics
Most object-oriented or functional languages are higher order languages, i.e. ones in which the means of manipulation (e.g. object or function) can itself be manipulated. This 1998 …
After the Spring: Reforming Arab Armies
Although Arab military forces had somewhat disappeared from the political landscape since the 1970s, the events of the "Arab Spring" in 2011 have brought them back to the forefront …
The Common Cause
When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen …
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure
Over 3 million U.S. military personnel were sent to Southeast Asia to fight in the Vietnam War. Since the end of the Vietnam War, veterans have reported numerous health effects. …
Inventing the Silent Majority in Western Europe and the United States
Inventing the Silent Majority in Western Europe and the United States examines the unprecedented mobilization and transformation of conservative movements on both sides of the …
Healing Power of Trees
'I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.' Henry David Thoreau From Thoreau and Nietzsche to Aristotle, history's greatest thinkers have long celebrated the …
Cognitive Aging
For most Americans, staying "e;mentally sharp"e; as they age is a very high priority. Declines in memory and decision-making abilities may trigger fears of Alzheimer's …
Prevention Through Design: Plan for the National Initiative
Pacific Partnerships for Health
The U.S.-Associated Pacific Basin consists of six island jurisdictions: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, …
Why the Rush?
Establishing economic property rights is a ubiquitous human activity that is key to the creation of wealth. Why the Rush? combines economic and historical analysis to argue that …